The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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The Rockdale reporter
H«*Mu<0r' K»Mkbll*h#d 1873
and messenger
OLDEST. LAE.CE3T AND BEST FAFEE M tOLAM COUNTY
ttookdal* Reporter, BaUbllsbad liW
ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY. AUGUST 26. 1915
NO. 25
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The First National Bank
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Capital, S75,000, Surplus & Profits, $20,000
City Health Officer Issues Notice
to Clean-Up Alleys and Premises
To The Public:-As City Health
officer of Rockdale I desire to
call attention to the necessity at
! this time of every citizen elean-
I ing up his premises and assisting
in the work of cleaning the
alleys and vacant lots.
So far this summer Rockdale
has been free from malarial
troubles and contagious and in-
fectious diseases, but the storm
of last week has done much
small damage, and has littered
up the town quite badly. I re-
commend that in order to keep
down malaria all trash should be
immediately piled and either
burned or carted off. Rake up
ail the dead limbs, and the old
weeds, leaves, grass and trash
and dispose of it at once. Clean
ail the alleys and vacant lots of
refuse of all sorts. Watch out
for old tin cans in which the
rain has put water; it is aston-
ishing how many mosquitoes are
bred in old cans. All mud holes
should be drained, and those
impossible to drain should be
liberally covered with coal oil to
prevent mosquitoes breeding
therein.
If we will do these things
NOW we can keep the town free
from malarial diseases. I cor-
dially ask the assistance of all
citizens to this end.
Respectfully,
H. T. Coulter, Health Officer.
I. r. SESSIONS. Pro.
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B. LOCWCNSTCIN. Act*. Vk—Pr—
N. S. SWI1/CK. AMt. iutiw
rittD H. GRAVES. C«Nu*r
The Rochdale State Bank
Capital and Surplus, $80,000.00
SCHOOL OPENS SEPTEMBER 13th
THE MODERN DRY GOODS COMPANY
ROCKDALE.
“Where Cash is King
1EXAS
rst Reports of Cotton Damage
From the Storm Overestimated
he Reporter man, in common
nearly every other citizen,
eeling more optimistic this
k than he was last, over the
n prospect. Milam county
ot nearly so badly damaged
the storm as at first sup-
, and experienced cotton
agree that 20 per cent will
er the damage, and that the
age is principally to cotton
t had opened and had not been
Practically all such cot-
on the uplands is gone—
n away; but the plant itself
t materially damaged, and
considerable damage to the
fruit has been done. Of
there are some instances
green bolls were Mown
I™* 8talk, but in no consider-
p numbers. Furthermore, late
jton in a great many instances
f1 ** »ctually benefited by the
f ’ and has already begun to
*‘fe. Given favor-
fet 0%
ton, and the 20 per cent estimate
may be decreased.
In a sixty-mile auto ride Sun-
day the editor saw all kinds of
land—black land, sandy land, up-
land and bottom land, and . in no
instance did we find conditions
as bad as we anticipated. The
bottom lands do not show that
there was a storm, while the
prairie farms show lots of green
fruit and all plants standing
straight up. Occasionally a bad
looking field was found, but us-
ually such cases seemed to have
other contributing causes than
the storm.
Unquestionably, those farmers
who had cotton open in the fields
have met serious damage—and
the more cotton open the more
serious the damage, for all open
cotton was absolutely destroyed.
Mesdames Jumper and Jenness
have leased the Cottage Hotel,
taking charge last week. D. C.
Slone and family have moved to
Waco.
The Man Who Says:
It Can’t Be Done9’
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•"ited t*.! ! ^0u h,iv® never worn a pair of glasses that were
they wer<.',(|UC ®ye>—you may think they are and likely have told that
Everv 2Khil‘ Yet you don’t *ee things distinctly as you should,
by tittin.r-.i are finding such casea—and improving their vision
In x.m, ,n with thw k'nd gla^ies ♦hat they need—ami should wear.
Cnosult 0 cluses our patients have been told “It can’t l>e done.
‘ n,e 11 bout your eyes.
B. L. DOUTHIT
Expert Jeweler and Optician
At p
errV & Qucbe’s Drug Store Your Patronage Appreciated
BULGARIAN BUTTER MILK
FRESH AND COLD ALWAYS ON TAP
U/ye ALCOVE
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Boys9 Corn Show to be Held in
Regal Rockdale Early in October
County Agent Banzhaf was a
very pleasant caller at The Re-
porter office Saturday, and in-
formed us that he would an-
nounce the date soon for the
annual Boys’ Corn Show at Rock-
dale. It is his intention to have
one of the biggest and best shows
ever held, with suitable prizes,
and a grand sweepstakes prize
that will be unusually fine. This
will consist of a free trip to the
Boys’ Agricultural Club Encamp-
ment School at Waco during the
Cotton Palace. The School will
continue four days, and the boys
will be encamped in true mili-
tary style, with splendid enter-
tainment features, and it won’t
cost the boys a cent. The School
will be made up of Sweepstakes
prize winners over the state, and
will be held especially to give
those boys who apply themselves
special instruction in scientific
methods, with all kinds of good
times on the side.
The Rockdale Corn Show will
be held just prior to the Dallas
Fair which opens Oct. lfi. The
exhibits of our show will be care-
fully chosen, and from them will
be chosen an exhibit to compete
at Dallas for the State Champion-
ship which carries with it the
Holland Trophy Cup. Milam
county boys won this cup year
before last, and Mr. Banzhaf
says he believes they can capture
it again this year, for the boys
have made good corn and ought
to be able to have a fine show.
Mr. Banzhaf will issue his reg-
ular announcement of the corn
show next week, and all the boys
are urged to watch for it and to
begin to get ready to have a
good exhibit.
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T. B. KEMP & SON Keep the
Highest Grade Groceries to be found
Also FRUIT and VEGETABLES
And arc anxious for your trade. Just
give us a trial if you do not trade with us.
T. B. KEMP <& SON
Phone 2 and 390
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Cooke, John Esten. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1915, newspaper, August 26, 1915; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth742886/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.